Secretary of Defense Visits 1St Marine Brigade Devildogs Secretary of Defense Caspar Landing Zone 219 About 11:30 Am
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HAWAII MARINE Voluntary payment for delivery to MEAS housing/81 per four v. cc k period. VOL. I I NO. I I KANEOHE BAY. HAW %II, APRIL 7, 198'2 'FAL \TY l'ACLS Col Louis H. Buehl Ill BrigGen Bain Met lin lock Ceremony Brigade change of command scheduled REST IN PEACE MARINE - Thirty-eight years after to rest. The ceremony took place March 31 at the the bloodiest battle of World War II, the remains of a National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. (Photo by Colonel Louis H. Bue.h1 McClintock during a 9 a.m. ceremony at Marine found recently on the island of Betio, are laid Sgt Chris Taylor) Commanding Officer, 3d Marine Dewey Square. Regiment, 1st Marine Brigade, will be BrigGen McClintock will report to Gone . but not forgotten promoted to brigadier general by Headquarters Marine Corps, Washing- Lieutenant General J.K. Davis, ton, D.C. for further assignment. Commanding General, Fleet Marine Meanwhile, Colonel Edward Mockler, Force, Pacific in a private ceremony Commanding Officer, Brigade Service Unknown Marine laid to rest Thursday morning. Support Group, will take over 3d Following the promotion, BrigGen Marines at 10:30 a.m. today and Kuehl will assume command of the Lieutenant Colonel Philip Cisneros will the perimeter and .1 (1110 well-ha:cod grenade, and TNT, they hdeded their Brigade from Brigadier General Bain replace him at BSSG. by Leal Todd Itantstiurg Imperial troops to 'min them. ,.9dd way iii, ucill enemy ,tcongludds. 2,0(9) civilian laborers to the picture AllIcuigh Illy battle was far from over, 31 MAR 82, 0935: The remains of an and one begins to realize why the the Mdri n, s eoldil sense a victory. unknown Marine, found recently on Japanese thought their little coral tin icid.d -Japanese counterattacks the island of Detio, were laid to rest airstrip was impregnable.) ihrnugh,,ut the day proved futile mi- today. The ceremony, held at the As the first wave hit the beach, T he I lloody SecondSeem claimed more and National Memorial Cemetery of the perhaps nothing could have prepared more enemy terrin. Pacific, was conducted amid a the Marines for what they As the first rays of sunshine broke brilliant mixture of sunshine and light encountered. Machine-gull nests and over the limizon on Day 3, Betio rain. artillery emplacements pinned the belonged to the Marines. The The peaceful scene was a far cry men to the beachhead. Five yards and painstaking process of reopening the from the unknown Marine's last it coconut seawall were all that airstrip began as the last of the conscious moment. The deafening Si the two Si' i, Japanese bunkers were silenced. roar of artillery and small arms fire iy noon the a( lack had stalled, and The smell of death hung in the air was replaced by the chatter of tropical rowdhly .,nail Marines were trapped like an invisible fog. Of the original birds. The scene had changed from an on din 1,10011-St:n nod beaches Imperial force, only. (ill remained. ugly, war-torn battlefield to a To make matters worse, the casualties Casualties suffered by the Marines flawlessly manicured landscape. were still mounting., Marines were just as staggering ...1,11.3killed, It's been 38 yews since the bloodiest had already heel, killed or wounded. 2,29(1 wounded. battle of World War IL One thing time If the num of the 2,1 Marine Division cannot alter is the feeling Marines nicknamed "'The Bloody Second,- had ... The sudden crack of rifles broke have for sae another. The Marine anything to be thankful fur, it would the reveredoicsile,einiceo.wr'yraupss tieoehlooerd,, Corps takes care of its own ... most assuredly have bean naval throughout gunfire. The Navy continued to pound bugler stand silhouetted in the 20 NOV 13, 0910: Tte Marines away at the 1.1palle,e Marines, .lists lice. attacked a fortress called Betio. On who :coy runlicc,l the magnitude of the "Ashes to ashes and 'lust to dust," CAMMIES CHECK - Lieutenant suit§ and coveralls are not authorized for that tiny island, located at the force being dealt with, kept pushing spoke the chaplain to the somber Colonel Ron Neubauer, Air Station wear off the Air Station unless in a southwest tip of Tarawa Moll, was a forward. crowd that had gathered. provost marshal, checks the driver of an government vehicle on official business. small airfield. Everything on Betio liy dawn the following morning the Nearly 10 years later, the war is incoming car for the proper uniform. The change prohibits wearing of the was small. The island itself was only beili.hlusuis were secured and small finally over for the unkilown Marine. described while traveling to to lkaUell Cheeks at both ,Air Station gates were uniforms three miles long and 11 more 600-yards groups of Marlin, ventured forward. .1nd when he gets instituted Frfday morning to enforce and from off-station quarters. (Photo by wide. The only thing big about Betio Slowly and methodically the leather- To Si. Fehr he Will fru. new Brigade/Station regulations which Sgt Chris Taylor) was the .bipanese resistance - 200 necks destroyed pillbox (ater pillbox. -.111r)( her reporting sir, or state that camouflaged utilities, flight guns strategically implanted around Using a combination or Itclnd Fee spent my time in Hell. Secretary of Defense visits 1st Marine Brigade devildogs Secretary of Defense Caspar Landing Zone 219 about 11:30 am. here. Weinberger flew here Friday for lunch and began his 90-minute tour with a The entourage left Pless Hall Dining and a briefing on the 1st Marine greeting from Brigadier General Bain Facility for the Day Movement Brigade. McClintock, 1st Marine Brigade CG, Course, where an anti-mechanized The secretary stopped over in and Station Commanding Officer warfare demonstration captured their Hawaii for two days en route from the Colonel Charles Robinson. attention. Marines from Company Far East to Washington. LtGen Davis and Secretary "FF" 2d Battalion, 3d Marines and Secretary Weinberger, accompanied Weinberger were briefed on the Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel by Lieutenant General J.K. Davis, Brigade shortly after landing and carriers from Detachment 3d Commanding General, Fleet Marine then sat down to lunch with nine Company A, Assault Amphibious Force, Pacific, touched down at enlisted Marines from various units Battalion provided the showing. Secretary QUICK Sl'IN - Secretary of Defense mechanized warfare tactics. Caspar Weinberger takes a trip around the Weinberger spent an hour and a half here Day Movement Course in a Landing Friday touring the 1st Marine Brigade. Vehicle Tracked Personnel carrier (Photo by Sgt Chris Taylor) following a demonstration of anti- ft.t . WARM GREETING - Secretary of McClintock, ('G, 1st Marine Brigade and Defense Caspar Weinberger shakes hands Colonel Louis 11. Kuehl, CO, 3d Marines. with Lieutenant ( ciltinel Bill Rakow, Captain Richard Roan, officer in eha rge of with nine Marines at Ness Hall commanding officer of 2d Battalion. 3d Detachment, Company A, 3d Assault LUNCH WITH THE SECRETARY - Sergeant Carol Weinberger lunched lin, waits to greet the secre- C-3, listens to (luring his visit here Friday. (Photo by CO Greg Marines. Accompanying the secretary are Amphibious Kerrigan, of 1st Marine Brigade right) Brigadier General Bain tary. (Photo by Sgt Chris Taylor) Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger. Secretary Lange/ (from Marine Corps. Opinions expressed by publishers and writers Published by WI) Publications, Inc., a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Navy or the U.S. Marine Corps. The appearance of advertisements in this publication herein are their own and not to he considered an official expression of the Department of the Navy or the U.S. the Navy or Corps of the firms, products or services advertised. including inserts, does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the U.S. Marine Page A-2, April 7, 1982 LCpI R. J. Dimartino EDITOR'S NOTE: PFC G. N. Enger Jr. Course: LCpI H. L. Baker 1/12 of the Month: LCpl P. E. Holleran Salutes is designed to PFC S. S. Roenigk LCpI C. R. Navarro Welcome Aboard: NCO T. J. Dassow PFC C. C. Baylor recognize individuals Letter of Reenlistment: LCpI H. W. Allen Cpl for their achievements Appreciation: PFC L. D. Beery SSgt C. E. Martinez PFC M. R. Ford PFC B. G. Drummer and exceptional per- Cpl B. L. Simpson HMM-262 Sgt K. W. Taylor PFC W. B. Hadlock PFC P. D. Gagliardi formance of duty as Reenlistment: Welcom Aboard: PFC P. L. Grantland well as to welcome new Sgt R. Castro H&MS-24 Promotion: Sgt J. W. Bradbury L. Jr. PFC J. F. Hospodka arrivals to Hawaii. Welcome Aboard: LCpI J. D. Ancog Sgt W. Holler The information 2/3 LCpI R. L. Stevenson Sgt E. S. Pierce Jr. PFC D. G. Lampitoc Welcome Aboard: LCpI C.M. Hudson PVT R. A. Sabo contained herein is III Sgt S. J. Rodriguez Sgt E. L. LCpl C.W. Rogow compiled from Fleet Davis LCpI I). K. Tuttle Sgt B. A. Wolbrveck Promotion: Sgt T. A. Smith PFC E.S. David Cpl R. D. Tingley Home Town News PFC M. J. Griffin ' Cpl A. G. Barton Jr. Sgt. F. J. Zimmerman PFC J.A. Innerarity Mast: releases submitted to PFC W. L. Jones Cpl L.Gyenes Meritorious Cpl W. Brantley Pvt M.L. Collier D. the Joint Pubic Affairs Marine of the Cpl W. N. Meshenberg Sgt Paradiso Cpl F. Promotion: Office by unit informa- McKenzie Month: Cpl L. F. Sabel Cpl W. D. Hofsaas LCpI LCpI E.C. Roach tion officers. W. K. Alexander PFC D.